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Don't waste your money on organic food
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[QUOTE="f95toli, post: 6510343, member: 87679"] As has already been mentioned: It is not that simple. While it is true that the word "organic" has little meaning, is is also true that not all ways of producing food are equally good/bad for the environment. It is possible to reduce your impact on the environment by thinking about what you buy. Also, in many cases this will involve NOT buying (or buying less of) a product rather than buying "organic" (e.g. eating less beef, eat fruit/veg that are in season where you live etc)Also, the "nitrogen" issue is a bit is a bit of a red herring. The problem is not the amount of nitrogen that is actually needed to grow the food. The problem has been/is that industrial; fertilisers have been used (partly because they are so cheap) in the wrong way. many farmers have been using way more than is actually needed and the surplus has ended up in the waterways. In many cases this has been possible to mitigate by better legislation rather than switching to natural fertilisers (which in some cases can also be problematic) [/QUOTE]
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